Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Cardiology

Doctor Leon M. Ptaszek, MD works in the field of Cardiology. He researched medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked 20 in research and 62 in primary care medicine He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACC)". Leon Ptaszek is a published physician. He published 32 publications, including: 'Molecular dynamics studies of the human CD4 protein.' He is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• Incidence and Predictors of Pacemaker Implantation in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
• Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 19-2015. A 71-Year-Old Man with Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath.
• Marfan Syndrome Is Associated With Recurrent Dissection of the Dissected Aorta.
• Impact of atrial fibrillation on outcomes in patients who underwent transcatheter Aortic valve replacement.
• Increased Perforation Risk with an MRI-Conditional Pacing Lead: A Single-Center Study.
• Modified mRNA directs the fate of Heart progenitor cells and induces vascular regeneration after myocardial infarction.
• Rapid acquisition of high-resolution electroanatomical maps using a novel multielectrode mapping system.
• Towards regenerative therapy for cardiac Disease.
• Usefulness of electrocardiographic parameters as compared with computed tomography measures of left Atrial volume enlargement: from the ROMICAT trial.
• Utility of nonspecific resting electrocardiographic features for detection of coronary artery stenosis by Computed Tomography in Acute chest pain patients: from the RO...
• Elusive Atrial substrate: complex fractionated Atrial electrograms and beyond.
• Rewirable gene regulatory networks in the preimplantation embryonic development of three mammalian species.
• The efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in Heart transplant recipients: results from a multicenter registry.
• Genomewide analysis of PRC1 and PRC2 occupancy identifies two classes of bivalent domains.
• New tools for genome modification in human embryonic stem cells.
• Images in cardiovascular medicine. Left Atrial-esophageal fistula after pulmonary vein isolation: a cautionary tale.
• Valve-sparing excision of Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma.
• Use of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in long-term survivors of orthotopic Heart transplantation.
• Early diagnosis of hemochromatosis-related Cardiomyopathy with magnetic resonance imaging.
• A functional analysis of the spacer of V(D)J recombination signal sequences.
• RAG1-DNA binding in V(D)J recombination. Specificity and DNA-induced conformational changes revealed by fluorescence and CD spectroscopy.
• Molecular dynamics studies of the human CD4 protein.
• A dimer of the lymphoid protein RAG1 recognizes the recombination signal sequence and the complex stably incorporates the high mobility group protein HMG2.
• Human embryonic stem cells: emerging technologies and practical applications.
• Identification of two topologically independent domains in RAG1 and their role in macromolecular interactions relevant to V(D)J recombination.
• Mutations in conserved regions of the predicted RAG2 kelch repeats block initiation of V(D)J recombination and result in primary immunodeficiencies.
• Identification of two catalytic residues in RAG1 that define a single active site within the RAG1/RAG2 protein complex.
• Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome in Two Previously Healthy Adults: A Case-based Review.
• Performance of electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy as compared with cardiac computed tomography: from the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Usi...
• Pattern specification and immune response transcriptional signatures of Pericardial and subcutaneous adipose tissue.
• Severity of Esophageal Injury Predicts Time to Healing after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.

Schools

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• Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• Stanford Hospitals and Clinics

• Massachusetts General Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Imaging
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Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology
• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Stanford University
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Hospital

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• Massachusetts General Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1841277175
NPPES Provider LastName		PTASZEK
NPPES Provider FirstName		LEON
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		02114
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Cardiac Electrophysiology
Total Claim Count		19.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1841277175
Last Name Of The Provider	PTASZEK
First Name Of The Provider	LEON
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